Downtown’s Dramatic Drop In Crime Is “Desperate” For A Headline
The newspaper article didn’t so much bury the lede as miss it altogether. Faced with a dramatic...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Nov 11, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Data Points, Downtown Revitalization
The newspaper article didn’t so much bury the lede as miss it altogether. Faced with a dramatic...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Nov 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Nov 4, 2024 | Data Points
Here’s hoping that the ratings of WMC-TV (Channel 5) have shown the same improvement that...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Nov 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Oct 28, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Parks and Greening
The Daily Memphian headline got it wrong. It said Memphis parks are in the top 1% of city parks...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Oct 26, 2024 | Cartoons
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Oct 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Clean Memphis, the 16-year-old grassroots organization that reduces food waste and implements...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Oct 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is taking victory laps about her 2001 role when she was a state...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Oct 21, 2024 | John Branston, Uncategorized
By John Branston Like him or not, Elon Musk should be reconsidered by skeptics because having his...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Oct 16, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Taxation
Only one county in the United States gave away more tax money in the form of business incentives...
Read Moreby Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →
Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote: “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas.” If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.